Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.20302/NC.2025.34.1
Distribution of the alien slug Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912 in Bulgaria and Serbia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Boettgerillidae)
Ivaylo K. Dedov
orcid.org/0000-0003-4445-359X
; Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 2 Gagarin Street, 1113 Sofia, Bulgaria
Ulrich E. Schneppat
; Sennereiweg 8, CH-7074 Churwalden-Malix, Switzerland
Vukašin Gojšina
; Department of Morphology, Systematics and Phylogeny of Animals, University of Belgrade, Faculty of Biology, Studentski trg 16, 11000, Belgrade, Serbia
Fabia Knechtle Glogger
; Sturzenegg 2147, CH-9100 Herisau, Switzerland
Regula Cornu
; Raschärenstrasse 16, CH-7000 Chur, Switzerland
Abstract
We present the first records of the family Boettgerillidae, and the species Boettgerilla pallens Simroth, 1912 in the gastropod fauna of Serbia. The history of the discovery of B. pallens in Bulgaria is summarized, and new faunistic records from the country are provided. The anatomy of Bulgarian specimens is described, compared with specimens from Switzerland, and the general details of the habitus and anatomy of the species are discussed. We comment on the habitat preferences and invasive potential of the species.
Keywords
new family and species for the fauna; new records; anatomy; morphology; habitat preferences; invasive potential
Hrčak ID:
330066
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Publication date:
31.7.2025.
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